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    U.S. Ties Russia to Downed Jet
    Jul20

    U.S. Ties Russia to Downed Jet

    New U.S. intelligence indicates Moscow likely provided pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine with sophisticated antiaircraft systems in recent days, bolstering charges that Russia was the source of the weapon that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, killing 298. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Ukraine Releases Recordings of Rebel Leaders
    Jul20

    Ukraine Releases Recordings of Rebel Leaders

    Ukraine released what it said were intercepted recordings of separatist rebels at the Malaysia Airlines’ crash site talking about the need to keep flight-data recorders out of the hands of investigators. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Ukraine Says It Can Prove Russia Supplied Arms System That Felled Jet
    Jul20

    Ukraine Says It Can Prove Russia Supplied Arms System That Felled Jet

    The Ukrainian government said Saturday that it had proof that Russia had provided the surface-to-air missile system that shot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 298 people aboard. …read more Source: The Boston...

    Pro-Russian Rebel Commander Suggests Malaysia Plane Victims Long Dead
    Jul20

    Pro-Russian Rebel Commander Suggests Malaysia Plane Victims Long Dead

    MOSCOW (AP) — A top pro-Russia rebel commander in eastern Ukraine has given a version of events surrounding the Malaysian jetliner crash — suggesting many of the victims may have died days before the plane took off. The pro-rebel website Russkaya Vesna on Friday quoted Igor Girkin as saying he was told by people at the crash site that...

    Malaysia MH17 Bodies: Donetsk Separatists Have Victims’ Bodies, Could be Tampering With Crash Evidence
    Jul20

    Malaysia MH17 Bodies: Donetsk Separatists Have Victims’ Bodies, Could be Tampering With Crash Evidence

    TOREZ, Ukraine—Rebels in eastern Ukraine took control Sunday of the bodies recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and the U.S. and European leaders demanded that Russian President Vladimir Putin make sure rebels give international investigators had full access to the crash site. “There’s a stacking up of evidence...

    Rebels recover black boxes from downed flight
    Jul20

    Rebels recover black boxes from downed flight

    Rebels in eastern Ukraine took control Sunday of the bodies recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and the U.S. and European leaders demanded that Russian President Vladimir Putin make sure rebels give international investigators full access to the crash site. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Newlyweds’ change flight, avoid Malaysia Airlines tragedy
    Jul20

    Newlyweds’ change flight, avoid Malaysia Airlines tragedy

    Australian newlyweds amazingly escaped tragedy when they changed their travel plans home at the last minute — and avoided being passengers on the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 that was struck while crossing the Ukrainian-Russian border. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Russia’s Putin Not Blinking in ‘Last Chance Saloon’
    Jul20

    Russia’s Putin Not Blinking in ‘Last Chance Saloon’

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the “last chance saloon” over the Ukraine crisis but appears to be doing little to get out of it. Since Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was brought down over east Ukraine, Putin has been under intense international pressure to persuade pro-Russian separatists accused by the West of shooting it down...

    Cameron demands Russia cease support for rebels
    Jul20

    Cameron demands Russia cease support for rebels

    LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron is demanding that Russia end its support for the rebels in Ukraine, arguing that Russia’s policies destabilized the country and created the conditions that appear to have led to the downing of Malaysian Airways flight MH17.In an unusual front-page op-ed in the Sunday Times, Cameron says...

    An arsenal that can reach the skies
    Jul20

    An arsenal that can reach the skies

    Under a blazing sun in early June, a group of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine were digging amid pine woods near the town of Krazny Liman. …read more Source:...